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Actor and Servant 2 

A Capital Match 3 

A Day Well Spent 7 

A Desperate Game 3 

Adrift ^> 

Alarmin.ely Suspicious ... 4 

A Legal Holiday 5 

A Life's Revenge ■ 

An Afflicted Family 7 5 

An Awful Criminal 3 3 

An UnJiappy Pair 1 1 

An Unwelcome Return... 3 

A Pet of the Public 4 

A Romantic Attachment.. 3 

Arrah de Baugh 7 

A Thrilling Item 3 

At Last 7 

A Ticket of Leave 3 

Auld Robin Gray 25e 13 

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89 Beauty of Lyons 



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Black vs White 4 

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Cheek Will Win 3 

Cuff's Luck 2 1 

Der Two Surprises 1 1 

Deuce is in Him 5 1 

Did I Dream it 4 3 

Domestic Felicity 1 I 

Driven to the Wall 10 3 

Driven from Home 7 4 

Emigrant's Daughter 8 3 

Eh? What Did You Say.. 3 1 



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Fun in a Post Office 4 2 

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Hal Hazard, 25c 8 

Handy Andy 2 

Hans, the Dutch J. P 3 

Hash 4 

Henry Granden 11 

Hidden Ti'cqsures 4 

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How Sister Paxey got Her 

Child Baptized 2 

50 How She has Ovvn Way... 1 

140 How He Popped Quest'n.. 1 

74 How to Tame M-in-Law.. 4 

35 How Stout Y'r Getting ... 5 

26 Hunter of the Alps 9 

47 In the Wrong Box 3 

95 In the Wrong Clothes 5 

77 Joe's Visit 2 

11 John Smith 5 

99 Jumbo Jum 4 

82 Killing Time 1 

9 Lady Audley's Secret 6 

3 Lady of Lvons 12 

127 Lick Skillet Wedding 2 

106 Lodgings for Two 3 

104 Lost 6 



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Matrimonial Bliss 1 

Michael Erie 8 

Miller of DerwentW'tr... 5 

M s^hievous Nigger 4 

Mistletoe Bough 7 

Mother's Fool 6 

Mr. and Mrs. Prinfrle 7 

My Heart's in Highl'ds .. 4 

My Wife's Relations 4 

Musical Darkey 2 



New Years in N. Y' 7 

No Cure, No Pay 3 

Not as Deaf as He Seems 2 

Not So Bad After All 6 

Obedience 1 

Old Phil's Birthday 5 

Old Pompey 1 

33 On the Sly 3 

109 Oi her People's Children.. 3 

146 Our AwfuTAunt 4 

126 Our Daughters 8 

S5 Outcast's Wife 12 

S3 Out on the World 5 

53 Out in the Streets 6 

57 Paddy Miles' Boy 5 

29 Painter of Ghent 5 

114 Passions 8 

18 Poacher's Doom 8 

134 Pomp's Pranks 2 

165 Persecuted Dutchman 6 



THE WIG-MAKER 

km HIS SERVANTS, 

An Etliiopean Farce 

IN ONE SCENE, 

BY 

CHARLES OPPENIIEIM. 



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THE WIG-MAKER AND HIS SERVANTS. 



CHARACTERS, 

Mr. Gibson, (a vng-maher) 

Qulmbo, {servant to Mr. Gibson) . 

Sumbo, {servant to Mr. Gibson) . 



Time — Twenty-five minutes. 



Costumes— Modern. 



PROPERTIES. 

— o — 

Two table>, o^ie to be use;] a^^ a wi i:ino- tn])le, tlie otlier with a hole 
large enough in tlie center to admit a man's bead ; stalled chib, cigar, 
wine ghiss, candle, ink-bottle, pen, paper, hat and cane. 



TMP96-0o6dHS 



The Wig-Maker and his Servants. 

— -w-o-w- — 

BCENE. — Wig-maker' s table at n. , and writing table x. ; on writing 
table, ink, ]oen,pap6r, book, candle, plug hat hanging on wall, cane in 
corner. 

Enter Mr. Gibson, hurriedly, as curtain rises. 

Gibson. Just my luck, on the most busy day of the season, I'm 
called away on most urgent business; I hardly know what to do, but 
if I could depend on either Sambo or Qnimbo not quarreling ns soon 
as I am out of sight I might get away for a few days without losing 
any tr-ide. I have it, I wiirdischarge one of them on the plea that 
business is dull rather than liavc them killing one another in my ab- 
sence. I wonder where those servants are. {calling at the top of his 
voice) I say, Sambo ! Quimbo ! where are you ? {voice without 

Sambo. I'se a comin', massa. Yes, I'se slick and clean by golly. 

Enter Sambo, l. Quimbo heard ivithout, singing lazily some droll song. 

Gibson. Come along, you lazy nigger. 

Quimbo, {ivithout) I'se corain', massa. Yes, I is, I is jist a fly- 
ing dar. 

Enter, Quimbo, very slow, l» 

Gibson. Why don't you hurry up? Come here, you two. I've 
an important subject to talk to you. 
, {Sambo runs to him very quickly, and Quimbo very slowly 

Quimbo. I'se a llyin', massa. 

Gibson. Xow^ see here, you respected colored gentlemen, as bus- 
iness is very dull of late I have made up my mind to discharge one 
of you. (they both make signs to each other as to lohich one it is to be) 
Which one 1 hardly know. 



'4 THE WIG-MAKER AXD HIS SERVANTS; 

Quimho. Oh! massa, please don't give clis here] faithful chile de 
sack, an' dat are Sambo 

Sambo. Hold on, nigger, don't yer say anyt'ing against dis are 
chicken. I'll smash yer in de eye. 

Quimho. Here dat, massa? Dat's de way he 'buses dis chile. He's 
de cause ob all ob dese family troubles. 

Gibson. Yes, I see Sam is tlie cause of all these troubles. He is 
of a quarrelsome nature, and I have made up my mind who to keep 
and wlio to disciiarge. Quimbo you stay and Sambo you go. 

Sambo. I go, niassa. I gets nil de bhime an' dat Quimbo gets all 
de credit, {aside) Dis ain't de last from dis are chile. I'llpay dat 
Quimbo now, you can jest bet. {exit, l. 

Gibson. I have a few words to say to j^ou. 

Quimbo. Go ahead wid }^cr say, massa, I'se all ears. Ila! ha I 
how dat Sambo got it. Ha! ha! etc. Dat was a good one, massa. 
Go on wid your speak. 

Gibson. As I am called away on important business for a few 
days I leave you here in care of the business, and I think I can de- 
l)end on you. 

Quimbo. Dat's a go as you please 

Gibson. And by tiie way, there is a wig here that is to be finished 
in twenty-four hours at the most, and wliat's more, Quimbo, if it is 
made up'in a good style when I get back I will reward you by rais 
ing your w:iges one dollar more a week. 

'^.2uimbo. Is dat a fact, massa? 

Gibson. Yes, I will really do it. * Get me my hat and cane. 

Quimbo. Yes, I fly, massa. 

Goes sloiohj and gets hat and cane, puts hat on his ov:n head and sti'uts 
around in a foppish fashion. Mr. Gi!>son examines papers i on table. 
Enter Sambo, l., vnth a stuffed club, hits Quimtn) a terrib e blow on 
the head, Quimbo tumbles vp against Mr. Gibson and knocks him 
down, both fall in a heap, Sambo exits i^.tuidiscovered. 

Gibson, {getting up) You blasted nigger, what do you mean by 
knocking me over in that style ? 

Quimbo. {shiceriug tvith fear) Whafc w^as dat what struck me? 
Dat waren't my fault, massa. Soinethin' struck me on de head a 
I)Owerful blow. You jist bet dat knocked me out of time. Talk 
'bout yer knockers, dat v*'ns one what struck me you jist can bet. 
{feels back of head) I believe it wris dat ghost what ^■\'alks around 
here. Oh! Quimbo, you'se a gone niggah, suah. ( trembling) Massa, 
do you t'ink tlat ghost \A'ill eome aronnJ dis v/ay again. 

Gibson. I hope no .such thing will happen again at any rate. 

Quimbo. IVat what do you t'ink about dat giiost? Oh ! dat was a 
knocker dat slugged me. 

Gibson. Tliere is no such things as ghosts, Quimbo. It was 
nothing but imagination . 

Quimbo. iMit 1 hope dat darn imagination don't come around dis:' 
way again. I tell yer dat v.as a knocker he gave me. It scared dis 
poor niggah most ter death. 

Gibson.. By the Avay, have you entered those articles on the books, 
that I gave you this morning. 

* Quimbo. Yes, massa, pretty nearly all finished ; jist got a littlo 
more work on de books. I guess I'll jist go and .finish. 



THE WIG-MAKEE Al^D HIS SEKVANTS. :5 

Gibson. All rlo'lit; I will be here till this afternoon, and will see 
how yon are getting along. {exit, k. 

Quimho. {goes to tahlevnd jlxes hooks) I guess dis are room is 
getting pretty dark, 1 t'ink I will ligJit de gas. 

{lights candlii and sets it on end of table — writing 

Sambo, as ghost, enters, goes to table and blows out candle and exits l. 

Quimho. Well, what's de matter wid datgas'? I giie^s it ain't in 
first-class order, or de wind must be radtier strong. "Well, here goes 
for another light. {lights candle again 

Enter ghost, l., bloics out light, as he goes out Quimho catches a glimpse 
of him, jumps iip and knocks the table over and screams. 

Quimho. The ghost ! gho?t! Oh! dat knocker was here again. 
Quimbo, you'se a gone niggah suali. Yes, yes. 

Enter Gibson, R., chases him around the stage, Quimho halloaing all 
the time, and Mr. Gibson yelling at him to stop, and finally stops 
him. 

Gibson. What's the matter, Quimbo? What's all this fuss about? 

Quimbo, Help dis chile, Massa Gibson. JJat ghost been here 
again. 
^Gibson, ^yhy it's nothing but that same imagiiiation again. 

Quimbo. Yes, dats it. Dat was dat very same imagination again. 
You ought jist sec him once, he'd jist make yer eye balls jingle. Yes, 
Quimbo, you is a gone niggah, suah. 

Gibson. You do not understand me. Imagination is something 
we imagine or think. 

Quimbo. Yes, I thought so when I see it. 

Gibson. Well, Quimbo, I hope that no more su-^h disturbances 
will happen again. Xow go and finish the rest of the work in the 
book. . {exit, R. 

Quimbo goes to table an/l returns to writing. Enter ghost, goes to table 
and takes ivl: bottle from table and puts instead his hand on table. 
Quimho dips his pen in hand a couple of times, ghost replaces bottle 
and exits, u. 

Quimbo. What ails dat are pen. Dat pen nebber got in such 
queer notions not to write since I bouglit it. Maybe dat imagina- 
tion shocked de constitution ob dat pen when he slightly tickled my 
head wid dat club. Golly! I jist can feel dat on my head yet. 
Maybe dat pen will write now. {dins in ink) I thought dat pen 
wouldn't go back on dis chicken. It writes slick and clean. 

Enter. ghost, r., does same as before, as he goes out Quimbo sees him, 
knocks table over and runs around stage. Enter Gibson, r. runs 
after him. 

Quimbo. Oh! golly, dat imagination was here again. What will 
come of dis chile. Ghost I Ghost 1 ( Gibson catches him 



1 THE WIG-MAKER AND HIS SERVANTS. 

€ihson» Seeinsc you did this again I have made up my mind not 
to go away. What ails you? This has never happened belore in 
this house. I will stay here and investigate the matter, {goes to 
table and takes paper) Come here, you nigger, and read this piece 
forme, it hurt«s m^- eyes to read. 

Quimbo. MassM, I'll do an3^th:n', 1)ut don't you leave me alone, 
i3at ghost will be de death ob me, sna1i. 

[goes to Gibson, who holds paper over his shoulders-^ Quimbo reads 

^nUr ghost from behind the table, H., takes paper out of Gibson^s hand, 
10 ho exits quietly. (2aimbo reads a little further, 

Quimbo. Ain't dat enough, massa? (turns around and faces ghost, 
who clasps him, finally Quimbo breaks awa>i halloaing) Ghost! Ghost i 
Oh! help dis chile! (ghost folio to :"! around the table, Quimbo exits, R. 

Sambo, (throws the sheet off and laughs) ITa ! ha! Dat was a 
good one. I said I pay dat Quimbo an' I'll jist Iveep my word. Now 
lor a little more fun. Here goes. 

(goes to wig-table, puts his head through hole, keeping still 

Enter Gibson, R. 
o 

Gibson, (spying head on enter lyvf) Well, well, if there isn't the 
wig that I told Quimbo about— auvl fmldied. Well, he is a servant 
really worth his wages. And that is what 1 call a neat job, as well 
as I could do it myself. (examining wig 

Enter Quimbo, R., looks at wig in astonishment. 

Quimbo. (^aside) How did dat get dere, I wonder? 

Gibscni. Quimbo, did you actually do that in such a short time? 

Quimbo. Well, 1 'spect I did. Who you think did it? 

Gibson. Well, really, that is a good "job, and you do deserve to 
have your Avages rai3e<l. (sits at table with wig) By the way, 
Quimbo, bring me a glass of wine. 

Quimbo goes and fetches wine and sits it on table. Gibson reads paper. 
The head in the table drinks the uiine and sets empty glass on table, 
Gibson picks up empty glass to drink. 

Gibson. You lubberly nigger, how dare you bring me an 
empty glass wl)en I ask for wine ! 

Quimbo, What's dat, massa? I jist briug dat glass ob wine 
hi chuck full. 

Gibson. You tell me that you brought that glass in full of wine? 
Curse your black hide. AVliere is it gone 'to then if you didn't 
rtrink it yourself? Get me a cigar and light it. 

Quimbo. Yes, massa, I fly. (goes real slow 



THE WIG-MAKER AND HIS SERVANTS. Y. 

Gibson reads paper, Quimbo lights cigar and puts it on table, head picks' 
it up and smokes. Gibson looks around for cigar and sees Sambo 
smoking it, 

Quimbo. (sees it at same time) O ! Golly, massa, clat's dat same 
imagination again. 

Makes a pass at head, as Sambo jumps up, knocks table over and goes 
for Quimbo, chusing him around the table, Mr. Gibson following. 
Sambo catches Quimbo, throws him doicu and jumps on him, begins to 
butt him ivhen Mr. Gibson svrings on tup trying to drag him off. 
General tableau and * 



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96 Rooms to Let 2 1 

171 Rough Diamond 6 3 

59 Saved 2 3 

48 Schnaps 1 1 

107 School 5 

133 Seeing Bosting 3 

138 Sewing Circle of Period.. 5 

115 S. H. A. M. Pinafore 5 3 

55 Somebody's Nobody 3 2 

94 16,000 Years Ago .' 3 

25 Sport with a Sportsman... 2 

79 Spy of Atlanta, 25c 14 3 

92 Stage Struck Darkey 2 1 

10 Stocks Up, Stocks Down.. 2 

137 Taking the Census 1 1 

62 Ten Nights in Bar-Room 7 3 

64 That Boy Sam 3 1 

40 That Mysterious B'dle ... 2 2 

38 The Bewitched Closet 5 2 

87 The Biter Bit 5 2 

131 The Cigarette 4 2 

144 Thekla 6 7 

101 The Coming Man 3 1 

67 The False Friend... 6 1 

97 The Fatal Blow 7 1 

119 The Forty-Niners 10 4 



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112 The New Magdalen ..... 8 3 

118 The Popcorn Man 3 1 

71 The Reward of Crime 5 3 

16 The Serf 6 3 

68 The Sham Professor 4 

6 The Studio 3 

102 Turn of the Tide 7 4 

54 The Two T. J's 4 2 

7 The Vow of the Ornani ..8 1 
28 Thirty-three nxtBrithd'y 4 2 

108 Those Awful Boys 5 

63 Three Glasses a Day 4 2 

105 Through Suow and Sun- 
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142 Tit for Tat 2 1 

4 Twain's Dodging 3 1 

151 Wanted a Husband 2 1 

5 When Women Weep 3 2 

121 Will-o'-the-Wisp 9 4 

56 Wooing Under Difficulties 4 3 

41 Won at Last 7 3 

70 Which will he Marry 2 8 

135 Widower's Trials 5 4 

58 Wrecked 9 3 

147 Waking Him Up .. 1 2 

155 Why they Joined the Re- 

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156 Wig-Maker and His Ser- 

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SPIRIT POWDER.— For fastening whiskers or mustache to the face. Will ad- 
here very strongly in the hottest weather. Price per package 25 cents. 

HAPPY FRANK'S COMIC SONG AND JOKE BOOK.-Contains a choice col- 
lection of original songs, jokes, conundrums, stump speeches, etc. In addition to 
the above, it also contains one complete Dutch sketch, one Ethiopean farce, and a 
Negro sketch, all of which have never been published. Price 15 per copy. 

IVew 3Iiij<ii<' — Kvtf'ry Pieeo a Ciiejii. 

MY NAME VAS HEINRICH HANS.-A roaring Dutch song, words by W. H. 
Spangler, jr.. music by F. (>. Wilson. A great success and pronounced by both press 
and public the greatest liit of many years. Price ."^0 cents. 

DERE VAS EIN LEEDLE DEITCHER GAL.— A capital Dutch song for male 
voices, words by W. H. Spangler, jr., music by F. 0. Wilson, Can be ttsed as a solo, 
or as a solo and chorus. Price 30 cents. 

A HEALTH TO OUR HOSTESS.— A male quartette, words by W. H. Spangler, 
jr., words by F. 0. Wilson. It ia sure to please all who purchase it. Price 30 cents. 
Address all orders to A. D. AMES, Publisher, 

Lock Box 102. Clyde, Ohio. 



